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Writing tagged: ‘rooks’

Robin

4 April 2020

Taking in the view from across the valley.

Published 04-Apr-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Canada geese, ducks, hawthorn, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, mallards, nuthatches, robins, rooks
Red kite

25 March 2020

Avian action, and a rare visitor.

Published 25-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, chaffinches, curlews, goldfinches, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, red kites, rooks, starlings
Carrion crows

17 March 2020

A de-stressing circuit.

Published 17-Mar-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, carrion crows, coronavirus, Hebden Bridge, meadow pipits, rooks, wrens
Snow in the upper Calder Valley

27 February 2020

Snow in the upper Calder Valley.

Published 27-Feb-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, rooks
Knots (probably)
Knots (probably).

23 January 2020

A glorious day on the marshes.

Published 23-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, Dee Marshes, dunlin, horseflies, kestrels, linnets, little egrets, long-tailed tits, midges, Phragmites, pink-footed geese, redwings, robins, rooks, starlings, stonechats, Wirral
Female stonechat
Female stonechat

15 January 2020

Birds on the Dee Marshes.

Published 15-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, black-headed gulls, Burton Point, buzzards, chaffinches, curlews, Dee Marshes, hen harriers, jackdaws, kestrels, lapwings, little egrets, Phragmites, pink-footed geese, ravens, redshank, rooks, stonechats, teal, Wirral, woodpigeons
Jackdaw

10 January 2020

The local jackdaws and rooks seem to think it’s Spring.

Published 10-Jan-2020
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, rooks
Autumn, Burton Marshes

27 November 2019

A walk along the misty Dee Marshes,

Published 27-Nov-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, blackbirds, Burton Point, Canada geese, Dee Marshes, frogs, jackdaws, kestrels, linnets, mistle thrushes, pink-footed geese, ravens, robins, rooks, voles, Wirral
Late foxglove

26 November 2019

A damp walk round the lanes.

Published 26-Nov-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Calder Valley, flowers, foxgloves, Hebden Bridge, rooks
Burton Marshes

17 October 2019

The Dee Marshes.

Published 17-Oct-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Burton Point, Cetti’s warblers, Dee Marshes, jackdaws, knots, little egrets, ravens, redshank, reed mace, rooks, teal, Wirral
Cloud sea

16 September 2019

A cloud sea, jays, and lenticular clouds.

Published 16-Sep-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: autumn, birds, Calder Valley, cloud-seas, clouds, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, jays, rooks, weather

6 August 2019

Jackdaws and rooks.

Published 06-Aug-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: birds, Calder Valley, Hebden Bridge, jackdaws, rooks

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